The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 78: Chapter 78: Rest in Peace!

Time ticked away, and night silently fell.

Ji You, who had been safely hidden in the cave, didn’t know how long had passed when she discovered that her Life Value had dropped by 8%. She hadn’t done anything; the drop in Life Value was due to hunger. The Life Value recorder worn by each new student in the training ground could monitor the state of the body in real time—hunger, sickness, suffering attacks... all would reduce the Life Value, and if a fatal injury was sustained, the Life Value would instantly empty, eliminating one from the game.

Ji You took out some drinking water and had a sip.

Afterward, she checked the current number of surviving students: 4209.

This meant, in just one day, 791 people had already been eliminated.

How brutal!

Ji You originally planned to crawl out and check the situation, but upon seeing the death toll, she chickened out immediately and retracted back into the cave.

She pondered the feasibility of hiding in this cave for a full 3 days...

Should she?

Shouldn’t she?

Ji You deeply believed: when one’s strengths are inadequate for self-protection, being afraid of death and pretending to be cowardly is not shameful, but rather a very valuable quality and virtue.

So—

After struggling with the decision, Ji You decided to honestly stay hidden in the cave.

Suddenly—

A wave of pleasant fragrance hit her face, Ji You sniffed: ”What’s this smell? It’s so fragrant! Smells so good!”

Originally, it was just a faint fragrance, but as the breeze passed by in waves, it smelled increasingly delightful, lingering at the tip of her nose, letting Ji You involuntarily open her mouth and take deep breaths, even—arousing a desire to completely immerse herself in this wonderful taste.

Wait a minute!

Who am I?

What am I doing?

Ji You hurriedly covered her nose, feeling the sudden fragrance was strange; she became suspicious and immediately used a wet corner of her clothing to cover her mouth and nose; it was obvious that she couldn’t stay in this confined space any longer.

—She had to get out.

Without hesitation, Ji You uncovered the entrance of the cave and crawled out.

As soon as she crawled out, the fragrance hit her face; Ji You held her breath and ran against the wind for a few meters before finally seeing clearly the source of the fragrance—it was a few low bushes not far from the cave entrance, which were previously inconspicuous but were now blooming with bright flowers, red, blue, white... each competing to bloom.

Beautiful!

But could these possibly be Cannibal Flowers?

Possible.

In any case, definitely not any ordinary flowers.

Ji You couldn’t avoid them fast enough, before leaving, she bent down, picked up a stone, and threw it at the bed of competing flowers.

Plop—

Several tentacles suddenly stretched out from the flower bed and instantly crushed the stone.

Ji You: ”!!!”

Oh my god~

Lucky she ran fast.

Without another word, Ji You turned around and didn’t look back.

Monitoring room.

A male teacher said, ”Number 4444 is really quite clever; she ran so fast.”

Beside him, a female teacher said with a smile, ”Her reaction was also very sharp, and she noticed something was wrong with the fragrance in no time.”

Principal Hong: ”Hmph.”

The teachers clearly felt very disappointed that Ji You didn’t die from the fragrance of the flowers.

Someone said, ”We all lost our bet earlier; it turns out this unlucky kid isn’t a short-lived ghost, huh? How about we place another bet on when she’ll die?”

”I bet she won’t survive tonight.”

”She’ll live at most another 8 hours, no more.”

”Give the kid some confidence; I bet she dies the next second.”

”...”

Everyone was talking when Ji You already ran into trouble. No sooner had she left the Cannibal Flower than she bumped into a boy! It was a lone boy, who clearly noticed Ji You and immediately showed his wicked grin.

Ji You tried playing the victim: ”I don’t want to die.”

The boy raised an eyebrow, skeptically: ”So?”

Ji You: ”Let me go.”

The boy: ”...”

Ji You: ”Good people live in peace.”

The boy, heart as hard as stone, shook his head: ”I can only live in peace if you die.”

Ji You took a deep breath, her demeanour suddenly changed, she coldly shouted: ”It seems—I have to force my ace up my sleeve!”

The boy was ready for a fight, but in the dark night, he saw the girl suddenly turn tail and run!

The boy: ”...”

So—was running away her ace up her sleeve?

”Where are you running off to!”

The boy had excellent Physical Strength, already at grade A, so he was very fast. Just as he was about to catch Ji You, she dodged perilously and rolled on the spot, then immediately stretched out her leg to trip him. This simple move couldn’t trouble him, and from the brief confrontation before, he had already judged that Ji You’s Physical Strength could not exceed C—so weak, how could she be his match? Thus, the boy charged forward without dodging.

At this moment—

The flowering bushes nearby suddenly extended several tentacles, pulling the boy with them: ”Ah ah ah... What the hell?”

Then—

The boy found his Life Value plummeting...

In desperation, losing his mind, the boy yelled at his opponent: ”Save me!”

Ji You: ”Do I look like I’m sick?”

Boy hurriedly said: ”I know where Ji You #4444 is hiding! You must want to kill her, right? Save me, and I’ll immediately tell you where she is!”

Ji You: ”...”

Boy, eager to prove himself, churned out lies: ”Really, I’m not lying to you, I am especially kind-hearted, I’ve let her go several times before, so I know where she is! Save me, I’ll take you to kill her.”

Ji You: ”...okay.”

Ji You answered decisively, stepped towards the bushes, walked a few steps, then suddenly bent down to pick up a dry twig, and fiercely stabbed it towards the boy’s heart—

Crack—

Life Value instantly depleted.

Boy: ”Ah ah ah... You just said you’d save me.”

Ji You smiled slightly: ”You believed the words of a liar?”

Boy: ”Ah ah ah... I’ll kill you.”

Ji You smiled: ”Go be reincarnated now—You’ll have a chance in 18 years.”

Boy stamping his chest and feet: ”Ah ah ah... I can’t rest in peace!!! My great undertakings aren’t completed! I don’t want to die!”

At that moment, the corpse collection robot arrived. Hearing the corpse still talking, it immediately issued an alert: ”Warning! Warning! Warning! The corpse violates corpse regulations, 1 point deducted!”

Boy: ”...”

Ji You: ”Rest in peace.”

Boy: ”...”

Ji You, apparently feeling not thrilled enough, lifted the corner of her clothing to reveal her whole face and said with a smile: ”Fellow student, I think your blindness is quite severe, remember to use some Bright-eye Drops in your next life, and —try to be a good person.”

Boy: ”...”

Ah ah ah!!!

Now, he truly could not rest in peace.

Once the boy’s ’corpse’ was dragged away, Ji You covered her nose and carefully inspected the bushes with the flowers, and discovered that they had been artificially altered, definitely not real Cannibal Flowers. The killer tentacles inside were also fake, the boy had only lost Life Value, his body was unharmed.

Could it be that these kind of ’fatal,’ yet non-fatal traps might be more abundant?

Could—

They possibly be utilized to kill a few more people?